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I’ve been meaning to write about a (relatively) new study concerning Taglit-Birthright for quite some time, but other things – elections, Iran, Netanyahu, Congress – prevented me from... read on

1 day ago
Does today feel to you like a special day? Has the last month felt to you like a critical month? Did the last winter feel to you – in the words Ulysses S. Grant used to describe the... read on

4 days ago
Our guest today is Rabbi Joshua Rose, Rabbi of the Shaarie Torah Synagogue in Portland, Oregon. Rabbi Rose grew up in Portland and is the son of Rabbi Emanuel Rose, Rabbi Emeritus of... read on

5 days ago
A slightly different Hebrew version of this article was published in Maariv Daily this morning.
In February 1983, two formerly bitter rivals penned a joint article against a joint... read on

6 days ago
Eyal Winter, is the Silverzweig Professor of Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Professor of Economics the University of Leicester. His research interests include... read on

1 week ago
Parties that represent 67 Knesset members recommended Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s prime minister to President Reuven Rivlin. Netanyahu now has the task of turning these members of... read on

2 weeks ago
Our guest this week is Rabbi Scott Meltzer, the rabbi of San Diego’s Ohr Shalom Synagogue. Rabbi Meltzer is a Lecturer in Religious Studies at San Diego State University, a chaplain... read on

2 weeks ago
A note to readers: this article was written for the print edition an hour after exit polls in Israel were predicting a Likud-Labor tie. We changed its content for online readers on... read on

2 weeks ago
Prime Minister Netanyahu has no "newly declared opposition to a Palestinian state". If the White House wants to use a badly framed statement by Netanyahu as an excuse for a change in... read on

2 weeks ago
1. Unity? I don’t think so
Yesterday evening, when the exit polls showed a tie (or a near tie) and a possible Netanyahu coalition of 63 or 64 seats – that is to say, a very narrow... read on

2 weeks ago
Note to readers: The following post is based on Israel’s exit polls. The final outcome is different. So we advise you to also read my later post: The morning after the elections:... read on

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